A handful of water utilities around the Great Lakes have been competing over the last year to reduce pollution by controlling electricity they consume from the power grid. One northern Wisconsin community has been able to cut down mercury emissions as much as 25 percent by pumping water at certain...

The Wisconsin Ethics Commission won't be pursuing fines after an audit determined more than 14 percent of lobbyists may have engaged in unauthorized advocacy. The Ethics Commission notified lobbyists of its decision in an email last week. The commission touted its audit in January during an open meeting that came...

On average, boys are about 13 years old the first time they see pornography. Girls are around 14. But few studies exist about how it translates into behavior, and whether it shapes the way teens talk about intimacy, masculinity and power. We talk with the creator of a "Porn Literacy"...

In our continuing coverage of Wisconsin Olympians and Paralympians, WPR’s Maureen McCollum recently spoke with Justin Marshall , an Evansville native who is competing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in curling.

The White House has already seen it's share of staff changes, but this week two senior advisers, Hope Hicks and Gary D. Cohn, have announced resignations. According to one NPR report, 43% of the Trump White House's top-level positions have seen turnover so far. We talk to a political expert...

A letter from the Centers for Medicare Medicaid and Services dated Feb. 23 cited a deficiency at UnityPoint Health-Meriter "so serious that it constitutes an immediate threat to patient health and safety."